Wheel rim



Patented Sept. ll, 1923.

arten stares i BOSCO H. HIA'IT, OF GREENS FORK, INDIANA.

WHEEL RIM.

Application led June 24, 1921. Serial No. 480,222.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Rosco H. I-IIATT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the town of Grreens Fork, in the county of Wayne, State of Indiana, ha-ve invented a new and useful Construction for Wheel Rims, of which the following is a full, clear', and comprehensive specification, the same being such as will enable others to make and use the same with exactitude.

The object of this invention, broadly speaking, is to provide a detachable wheelrim which will vbe strong and durable in construction, positive in action, easily operated and controlled. and which can be manufactured and soldat a comparatively low price. -V

More specifically stated, my object is to provide a. detachable `wheel rim having 0 means for openingthe ends, for closing the ends together, and for locking the ends in closed position, the same being comparatively leasy of operation and without need of pounding the parts in removing or replacing the tire, and which will require no other tools for its operation or manipulation.

Other minor and particular objects will suggest themselves in the course of the following description, and that which is new will be correlated in the appended claim.

The preferred means for carrying out my invention in a practical and an eiiicient manner is shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete rim in which my invention islincorporated, the same being in closed or operative position, Figure 2 is an exterior plan view of a portion of the rim, showing the parts in proximity of the joint. Figure 3 is an inside or interior view of the same in open position. Figure 4: is a longitudi`y nal section, as taken on the line Lifs-4C of Fig. 3, but with the part-s shifted to show the rim in open or inoperative position. Figure 5 is a perspective view of the shifting lever and the parts thereof. And Fig. 6 is an inside view of the device in closed position.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of my invention may be fully understood and appreciated,

I will now take up a detailed description, in which I will set forth the several features as fully and as comprehensively as I may.

The invention comprises a channeled rim, which is normally round, longitudinally, the rim being cut diagonally at one point on the line A, thereby forming the two end portions B and C as shown.

Rigidly secured to the inner face of the member B, spaced apart and parallel with each other, and extending over the portion C, that is across the `line A, are the two major hinge members 1 and 2. The projecting ends of the members 1 and 2 are integrally connected by the crescent portion 3.

Between the members 1 and 2 the material of the member B is cut away, thereby forming a notch in theV end of the member `B to permit the link 4 of the lever5 to turn therein. A pivot 6 extends through the members 1 and 2 and it extends across therebetween and .through the 'link 4 whereby the link 4 may turn thereon. A block 7 is formed integral with the contact face of the link 4 which block exactly fits and closes said notch in the end of the memberB.

Secured to the inner face' of the member C are the two minor hinge members 8 and 9 which correspond with the members 1 and 2 in size, and they are arranged parallel and in alinement therewith, but they are of less length. A pivot 10 extends through the members 8 and 9 and projects across therebetween, and it also extends through the block 4.

A slot 11 is formed across through the central portion of the member C in the center of which will lit the lug 12 which is formed on the link Li, as is shown in Figs. 4- and 5.

Carried by the projecting end portions of the members 1 and 2 are the respective lugs 13 and 14- which also may fit in the slot 11 but located on each side of the lug 12, as shown in Fig. 2.

Formed on the lever 5 is a small lug 15 which may fit in the aperture 16 of the part B,however the lug 15 is not an essential clement except when it is employed in place of the lugs 12, 13 and 14C, being merely an alternative therefor.

The parts being constructed and assembled substantially as set forth I will presume that the device is in its inoperative or closed position, as in Figs. 3 and il, in which position it may be placed in positionwith relation to a tire to be carried thereby. New all one has to do to secure the rim to the tire is to grasp the lever 5 and swing it centerward upon its pivot 6, this operation will manifestly move the members B and C endwise apart and in opposite directions with relation to each other, and as the lever 5 approaches the member B, with which it will nest'as in Fig. l, it is apparent that the ends of the members B and C will be brought into abuttingcontact with each other. Also the lugs l2, 13 and l-t will en ter and fill the slot Il, and the block 7 will ill the notch in the end of the member B, which will securely lock the members B and C, and the normal expansive spring of the rim will securely -hold the lever 5 ilat against the member B, as in Fig. l.

Desiring to remove the tire from the rim oneV has only to swing the lever 5 'romthe position in which it is shown in Fig. l` to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 4;, which ot course will decrease the diameter of the rim whereby it will be free from the tire.v

By the above Ait will be seen that I provide means for expanding and contracting the rim, and means for locking the rim in its expanded position.

I desire that itbe understood that various changes may be made in thersever'al details-o1c construction from that shown and described withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and Without sacriiicing any of the advantages thereof which are? new and useful and which involve in vention.

ifi-emessi I *Iaving now fully shown and described my invention, what I cla-im and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

A detachable rim cut diagonally at one point forminr ends adapted to fit together, two major hinge members secured to the inner face of one end portion of the rim and projecting' on to the inner face of the other end portion of the rim, a crescent portion integrally connect-ing the projecting end portions of said hinge members, the material of the first mentioned end portion or1 the rim being cut away forming a notch between saidmembers of the hinge, a lever, a link connected With the lever and adapted to operate in said notch, a pivot extending through.' the hinge members and through said link, block integral with the Jface of said link and adapted to fit and close said notch, two minor hinge members secured to the-inner tace of the second end portion of they rim, a. pivot extending through said minor hinge members and through said bloc-lr, and a lug,` vtermed on the link and adapted to fit in a slot formed through the central portion of said second end portion of the rim, all substantially as shown, whereby the operation of Said lever will move the ends of the rimv with relationto each other.'

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

norseo H. rnvrrrfr.; Id/itnesses RANDLE, Ro'r. W. RANDLE. 

